Cosmetology Review Test Questions.

To kill all microbes and spores, instruments must be….

To kill all microbes and spores, instruments must be….

Sterilized

After using a foot spa basin, the cosmetologist should clean and then disinfect its surfaces with a hospital disinfectant that is registered with which agency?

The EPA

(Environmental Protection Agency)

What is the main storage unit in the human body’s cells?

Vacuoles

(Think of a VACuum)

In human cells, ____ constitutes genetic material and ____ makes and transports copies of it.

DNA; RNA

Which type of tissue in the human body serves the functions of secreting, excreting, absorbing, protecting, and perceiving sensory information?

Epithelial

How are blood vessels relative to the heart?

Blood is pumped away from the heart through the arteries and back to the heart through the veins.

What part of the human lungs does the filtering?

The Nose

The melanocytes, cells that make the pigment that colors a persons skin, are found in which skin layer?

The Epidermis

Which Facial bone is a single bone rather than a pair of bones?

The Mandible

The part of a hair under the skin is the _____, Whose base is the ____, Which is encased in a pocket in the skin called the _____, Which is nourished by a small, conical bump at its bottom called the_____.

Bulb; Root; Dermal Papilla; Follicle

If a person’s hair is straight, his/her hair follicles are ____; if someone’s hair is wavy or curly the hair follicles are _____.

Round; Oval

Hair with higher water intake has more _____, and has more of this when wet, even if damaged.

Elasticity

A hair shaft disorder that causes hair to break easily due to weak or thickened points, or nodes, along the hair shaft.

Trichorrhexis Nodosa

When comparing synthetic hair wigs to natural hair wigs, what is true about the advantages and disadvantages?

Synthetic hair wigs need no restyling after washing.

About how fast does the average hair grow on a healthy, non-elderly person?

About a half-inch per month.

Under normal conditions, how long will each hair on the head of a healthy person last?

From one to six years.

(More of a broad range with the years)

What is the most accurate reasoning for baldness.

New hairs are no longer produced.

At what rate does different parts of the head grow at

Hair grows at around the same rate all over the head.

What scalp condition can lead to hair loss if not treated?

Dandruff

What function is NOT controlled by the skins motor nerve endings?

The itching function.

(controlled by skins SENSORY nerve endings)

Where is the epidermis of the skin the thinnest?

The skin over the eyelids.

What common skin condition is known to be caused by bacterial infection

Cellulitis

Which nail(s) grow the fastest

The index fingernail.

Fingernail clubbing, wherein the fingertips enlarge and the nails curve around them is…

Caused by several different diseases.

The germinal matrix of the human fingernail (or toenail) is also known as

The nail root

Beau’s lines are…

horizontal ridges or grooves that can appear on fingernails or toenails when nail growth is temporarily stopped, due to circulation.